Abstract
Chronic focal infection may be located anywhere in the body, but there are certain anatomic structures which are most frequently affected. These are the structures which possess recessions or pockets and which communicate with the external world. There are, however, some that do not have these characteristics and still may be the seat of focal infection with the whole train of symptoms of chronic toxemia and changes in consequence thereof. The most frequent sites of chronic focal infection may be divided into groups as follows: Recessions or Terminal Pockets: meibomian glands; lacrimal glands; nasal accessory sinuses and mastoid cells; tonsils and adenoids; salivary glands and ducts; pulmonary alveoli and bronchi; gallbladder and ducts; pancreas and ducts; appendix; uterus and fallopian tubes; prostate and seminal vesicles; pelvis of kidney, ureter, bladder and urethra; skin-glands, as sweat and sebaceous; mucous glands. Tubular Structures or Ducts: gastro-intestinal tract; tear-duct. Glandular or Parenchymal Tissue:
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